The Board Game ~ Monopoly
Lets talk about play today. Do you like to play Monopoly? I do!
Has been kept inside the cupboard for sometime. Didn't even realised about it. Calvin said "Wah, mummy we found a treasure!"....Something lost and found.
Calvin said he wanted to play this Malaysian edition Monopoly.. I said why not. Looking at the ages and brownish spot instruction leaflet.
I teach Calvin how to use for each items in order to play Monopoly. There are dice, house & hotel tokens, property card, community chest and chance cards. Lastly, explained to him the rules of Monopoly before we can start to play. He is just a kid, explain to him in layman terms, so it's easy for him to understand.
First and foremost, we need money to buy property in playing Monopoly right? I asked Calvin to distribute the money for each player according to the instruction.
This Monopoly set has many tokens to choose from... Interesting.
Actually not an easy task to explain to him how to play. So I explained further again when we started to play. For the meantime, only Calvin and myself playing. We took more than 1 hour to play, but we still can't end the game. Slow right? I waited Calvin to pay and exchange balance from the bank. I even waited for him to decide whether he wants to buy the property or not and etc. By the time comes, it almost he's sleeping time. Hahaha.
Just realised at the side of the box written, suitable for ages 8 and above. Well, Calvin is still young to play but I'm sure he'll know how to play sooner or later. I think it is healthy to play Monopoly, rather than doing nonsense in the house. This is also part of education too. So far, we've played twice after the first day I taught him.
Hubby also downloaded the Monopoly from Apps store for him. Sometimes, I'm too lazy, so let the Ipad teach him. *_^
Nice game, I haven't play monopoly for years duh!!! =]
ReplyDeleteYeah me too, long time didn't play. But it is fun
DeleteI used to play that at school. I still have a set for my kids.
ReplyDeleteMonopoly - everyone can play
DeleteGood that your son has the patience and interest to learn to play this game. I think I have only watched others play but have not actually played it myself.
ReplyDeleteMun, but I dun have the patience to teach him leh, tired when explaining...
DeleteI'm hopeless at this... Don't really know how to play. Not business-minded, I guess.
ReplyDeleteArthur are you sure? Dun have to be business minded ler.. just buy whenever you feel like buy. Got money buy! hahaha
DeleteI used to play this when i was young...
ReplyDeleteActually this Monopoly set hubby bought it 8-9years ago. We played together and that time Calvin is not around yet.
DeleteNice game...I used to play Monopoly when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteYou can still play now.
DeleteLong time I never played this game..it takes some hours to finish... hahaha..
ReplyDeleteme too...actually it's fun
DeleteVery interesting board game, I have yet to introduce this game to my two girls. Perhaps, I should get one this Christmas.
ReplyDeleteGood idea
DeleteWell, it is a family board game. 4 persons just nice
DeleteLOL so long i have not played monopoly
ReplyDeleteI think since primary school.
Deletesecondary school we were not allowed to bring games to school
DeleteWow you are so hardworking these few days! Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteMonopoly, long time never play already!
Deletehardworking in terms of blogging? my post? Actually i have many many more... no time to write oni.
Deleteoh monopoly, hahaha!! i kind of like this game, but have not played it for quite some time already..
ReplyDeleteCan plan to get one set and play with your buddies this weekend.
Deleteyou know lah, it sometimes need a little patience for the game to end~~ and you may get unhappy if you lost too!! :D
ReplyDeleteIt is just a game... my son will get unhappy though, i'll just let him win lor...
Deleteyeah, i can totally understand how tough it was for you to explain the rules and logic behind the game to Calvin.. errr, at least he played the game and not get bored.. :)
ReplyDeleteHe gets so excited when I say we can play tonight cos he finsihed his homework.
Deletehahaha, maybe the iPad version is easier to play and probably more interesting to the boy?? all those automation and flashy and bling-bling things sure are more attractive to him.. :)
ReplyDeleteYeap, message and instruction pop up, I just help him to read or so. can play with more player too.
Deletethe tokens now looks a lot nicer than what we had last time.. i remember we only have the same plastic thing but just different colors, but now look they are different shapes in metal~~
ReplyDeleteSk, this set my hubby bought it not very long 8-9 years back...
DeleteMy verdict - not many people seems to like playing Monopoly. But actually it is fun. It is a family game.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to let our kids playing this kind of healthy game than playing toys! Agree?
I play this too when I'm young. Later hi-tech already, we play at PS 3 haha.
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